Taking pictures of public buildings may make you a criminal
I think that's what it says.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:27, Share, Reply)
I think that's what it says.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:27, Share, Reply)
This again?
No: it means that commercial use of certain images may come under copyright law. And, at a guess, even that would only cover instances in which you were taking a photo of the thing in question for that specific purpose: if it happened to be in the frame, then there'd be no problem. And it's a very small part of a report.
All it does is suggest an amendment to European law that's more or less comparable with what goes on in French law already. Is France imprisoning photographers? No. And there's no reason to suppose that the amendment will be accepted anyway, or that it'd make the blindest bit of difference to the law in any EU country.
Panic over.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:44, Share, Reply)
No: it means that commercial use of certain images may come under copyright law. And, at a guess, even that would only cover instances in which you were taking a photo of the thing in question for that specific purpose: if it happened to be in the frame, then there'd be no problem. And it's a very small part of a report.
All it does is suggest an amendment to European law that's more or less comparable with what goes on in French law already. Is France imprisoning photographers? No. And there's no reason to suppose that the amendment will be accepted anyway, or that it'd make the blindest bit of difference to the law in any EU country.
Panic over.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:44, Share, Reply)
Ta v much.
I wasn't pooping me pants, just curious what it meant.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:47, Share, Reply)
I wasn't pooping me pants, just curious what it meant.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:47, Share, Reply)
While we're at it:
Here's the unamended paragraph from the report:
Due to the territoriality of copyright, an image legally taken under Freedom of Panorama in one country may be illegal to distribute in another. For people sharing their holiday pictures after traveling to another member state, this is incomprehensible.
The report recommends: Improve legal certainty of everyday activities by adding an exception for full panorama freedom across Europe.
So if the report is accepted as is, it'll actually liberalise the law elsewhere. Only if one amendment is accepted is there any possibility of anything else happening.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:47, Share, Reply)
Here's the unamended paragraph from the report:
Due to the territoriality of copyright, an image legally taken under Freedom of Panorama in one country may be illegal to distribute in another. For people sharing their holiday pictures after traveling to another member state, this is incomprehensible.
The report recommends: Improve legal certainty of everyday activities by adding an exception for full panorama freedom across Europe.
So if the report is accepted as is, it'll actually liberalise the law elsewhere. Only if one amendment is accepted is there any possibility of anything else happening.
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 20:47, Share, Reply)
Can I get money off the architect for imposing his building within my panorama?
( , Tue 23 Jun 2015, 21:00, Share, Reply)
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